Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Glitterboiii 
- Chart updated: 09/15/2026 06:15
- (Created: 07/27/2017 16:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Genre: Alternative Noise Pop Rock
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1989
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29,694
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Genre: Post-Indie Pop Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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31,225
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Genre: Neo-Psychedelic Madchester
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1989
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21,987
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Genre: Worldbeat
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1980
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26,426
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Genre: Alternative Indie Pop Rock
[First added to this chart: 08/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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6,052
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Genre: Post-Progressive Art Pop Rock
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1988
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10,307
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Genre: Lo-Fi Indie Noise Rock
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1987
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5,215
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Genre: Post-Alternative Folk Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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9,642
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Genre: Alternative Power Pop Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1985
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3,843
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Genre: Post-Alternative Indie Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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7,385
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1981 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1982 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1985 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1986 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1987 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1988 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1989 | 7 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 6 | 6% | |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
| Prince | 3 | 3% | |
| Iron Maiden | 3 | 3% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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48 | 48% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
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Up 21 from 80th to 59th |
Up 4 from 20th to 16th |
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Down 5 from 77th to 82nd |
Down 5 from 78th to 83rd |
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| ! | 12/05/2020 06:39 | leniad | 669 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2020 19:31 | MasterOfPuppets | 174 | 91/100 |
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leniad 12/05/2020 06:41 | #262009
good chart, if you like kamikaze that much, you should enter to more Spanish language albums, my suggestions for this decade are : Secretos, Signos, Clics modernos, try thos 3 first
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sssvnnn 02/16/2020 22:31 | #247866
...close to perfection.
I´m not a big fan of The Smiths... thats the only reason not to give 100 points - sorry.
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